The legislature was jumping with accusations of rigged bids as the Department of Health was taken to task over a non-bid contract worth close to $1 million.
Tropical Depression Seven formed Tuesday afternoon in the Atlantic, 1,420 miles east of the southern Windward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm currently has sustained winds of 35 mph. It is expected to strengthen and have winds greater than 39 mph in the next 24 hours, which will make it Tropical Storm Gonzalo. Moving to the west-northwest at 8 mph, the storm is expected to continue this general movement for the next several days and approach the Windward Islands on Saturday. As the storm impacts the Lesser Antilles, the islands will be hit with heavy rains and strong winds, but the full impacts are still hard to pin down at this point.
Three weeks after opening its borders to tourists, the Bahamas has barred American tourists from entering due to COVID-19. Starting today international flights and commercial vessels carrying passengers will not be permitted to enter the borders with an exception for flights from Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. The Government of Bahamas stated that the situation in the Bahamas has deteriorated "at an exponential rate” since the country reopened its international borders" on July 1,."